The Year Was 1947....
MARRIAGES:
Diana BARRYMORE & John HOWARD
Mary SPENCER CHURCHILL & Captain Christopher SOAMES
Colleen DEWHURST & James VICKERY
Ann DVORAK & Igor DeNAVROTSKY
Dale EVANS & Roy ROGERS
Ella FITZGERALD & Ray BROWN
Betty Ann DeNOON & Sterling HAYDEN
Jascha HEIFETZ & Frances SPIEGELBERG
Gloria LING & Dean JAGGER
Eve ABBOTT WYNN & Van JOHNSON
Kathryn GRAYSON & Johnny JOHNSTON
Patricia LIVINGSTON POTTER & Henry LUCE III
Virginia MAYO & Michael O'SHEA
Carmen MIRANDA & David SEBASTIAN
Barbara CUSHING MORTIMER & William S. PALEY
Marie SELLAND & Sam PECKINPAH
Dorothy HYSON & Anthony QUAYLE
DIVORCES;
Oleg CASSINI & Gene TIERNEY
Doris DAY & George WEIDLER
Ava GARDNER & Artie SHAW
Greer GARSON & Richard NEY
James HILTON & Galina KOPINECK HILTON
Hedy LAMARR & John LODER
Eugene ORMANDY & Steffy GOLDNER ORMANDY
Sylvia SIDNEY & Luther ADLER
Jan STERLING & Jack MERIVALE
Dorothy PARKER & Alan CAMPBELL
Orson WELLES & Rita HAYWORTH
Gig YOUNG & Sheila STAPLER
BIRTHS:
Anne ARCHER
Meredith BAXTER
Johnny BENCH
Tom CLANCY
Glenn CLOSE
Billy CRYSTAL
Tyne DALY
Ted DANSON
Richard DREYFUS
Patty DUKE
Jill EIKENBERRY
Farrah FAWCETT
Danny GLOVER
Doug HENNING
Stephen KING
JOHN LARROQUETTE
Joe MANTEGNA
Tim MATHESON
Sam NEILL
Edward James OLMOS
Mandy PATINKIN
Salman RUSHDIE
Nolan RYAN
Pat SAJAK
Danielle STEELE
Jaclyn SMITH
Steven SPIELBERG
Peter STRAUSS
James WOODS
TRIVIA
170,469 Births (NYC)
80,733Deaths (NYC)
150 Perish in Dance Hall (BERLIN)
Remains of America's earliest known human (15,000 Years old) found in MEXICO CITY
WWII 313,000 Fatalities & 17,126 MIA-Missing in Action
111 Perish in Mine Disaster (Centralia,IL)
169 Die in Tornado (TX-OK-KS)
1900 Die in Tidal Wave (Honshu Island,JAPAN)